2014 NHL Hall of Fame inductees

The NHL as just announced the inductees of the 2014 NHL Hall of Fame:

Dominik Hasek
Mike Modano
Peter Forsberg
Rob Blake
Pat Burns
Bill McCreary

What a class.

So happy for Pat Burns.

 

Wow, Forsberg going in makes me feel very old.

 

Did Pat Burns' coaching resume improve since he died?

 

I personally think Burns is overdue. This is an outstanding class and I feel privilidged to have watched them.

 

Great pucksters and even better people.

 

love this class.

i might have held hasek just because of his altercation with jim kelley.

love rob blake in -- one of top three D of his time, and only pronger was his equal physically wile being in the neighborhood skill-wise.

still think lindros is a HHOfer, but if not now, when?

 

Hasek was the best goalie of that era by far, and might be the best ever. Who cares about his incident with Kelley.

Lindros should have been in before a lot of people who have gotten in recently, he was dominant with the Flyers before his concussions.

 

Better than Roy and Dryden?

 

IMO, yes.

I will never denigrate the other two which usually happens when this stuff starts but Haseks save pct in the 90's compared to the rest of the league is bigger than any other time in history. His teams in Buffalo weren't close to what either of those two great goalies had either. He simply dominated. He's Pedro Martinez in his dominance.


But the other two were brilliant as well.

 

It's impossible - or at least extremely difficult - to compare Hasek and Dryden. Dryden retired 14 years before Hasek became a starter, and the eras each played in were completely different.

Dryden won six (I think) Cups to Hasek's one, but Dryden played behind the 1970's Montreal Canadiens while Hasek played behind Pat Lafontaine, Alexander Mogilny and 18 guys named Randy Burridge.

 

You're right, comparisons of eras are next to impossible.

I think what Hasek did in Nagano was as spectacular a performance as you will ever see.

 

Well Hasek isn't the guy who gave up 7 goals in game 7 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals.

Speaking of 2002, that brings it to 7 players from that Red Wings team in the Hall with Lidstrom making it 8 next year.
The '57 Habs have 9 in the Hall.